" armchair scientists who write or read Cobra lore" ? So as a Cobra replica owner you are putting your self in the position of expert above anyone that has written anything about the Cobra, said writers usually being people that were there working on the cars, racing the cars , designing the cars and having more to do with these icons than you'll ever imagine.Not to mention your contention that anyone that reads any of these books can't possibly understand, much less retain what they've read ? The book refered to by AFX was written by Dave Friedman , http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&field-author=Dave+Friedman&search-alias=books&text=Dave+Friedman&sort=relevancerank Caroll Shelby's official photographer, been there done that , he has written a few other books on the subject.
Really?